On the eighth day of the first month of the first year of Tianwu, Shenyang City is covered with Qing army camp tents fifty miles away, especially on the Qipan Mountain in the northeast direction, the banner is unfurled, the vast camp and the banner seem to be out of sight, at this time the camp of the Qing Emperor Shenxing Emperor Dolgon is stationed here.

Outside the tent of the Qing army, there were elite Gebush soldiers and Bayala soldiers wearing yellow cotton armor, who were the vanguard battalion and escort of the Qing Emperor Dolgon.

Since Dolgon ascended the throne and became emperor, like Huang Taiji's original practice, he changed the two white flags that originally belonged to him to two yellow flags, which to put it bluntly is to restore the status of the two yellow flags in the Nurhachi era (the two white flags of the Dolgon brothers were originally two yellow flags, and Huang Taiji forcibly changed them to two white flags after he took the throne. ）

In the tent of the Chinese army, it was crowded with the princes and ministers of the Qing State, in addition to the Shenxing Emperor Dolgon, there were also banner owners such as Azig, Lai Mubu, Feiyangguo, Zilharang, Suke Saha, Aobai, etc., as well as six officials of the Chengzheng Department, Shi Ning Wanme, Bao Chengxian and others from the Inner Yuan University, as well as several Korean and Japanese flag owners.

Lai Mubu and Fei Yangguo were also the sons of Nurhachi, and like Azig, they were not treated well by the emperor and were often suppressed, and now that Dolgon was emperor, there were only three brothers, and he let each of them lead a flag full of eight flags as a sign of favor.

"God help me!"

Knowing that the whole army of the Great Shun Army was going south to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, Dolgon was very excited, and he almost danced with the information in his hand.

The new chief traitor Ning Wan posted it to me, and offered a congratulatory message: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, at this time, Mingshun is fighting, it is a good time for me to rise in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Dorgon smiled and asked, "What is Master Ning's opinion?" ”

Ning Wan lowered my head and replied: "The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits!" I only need to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, when they are both defeated, my Qing Dynasty can enter the Central Plains in one fell swoop! ”

Bao Cheng said first: "The minister is worried, but I am afraid that the thieves are not the opponents of the Ming army, if they are destroyed, my Qing Dynasty will directly face the Heavenly Martial Army." ”

Everyone in the hall was stunned, and according to the current situation, this situation was very likely to happen.

Compared with the thieves, the generals of the Eight Banners are more afraid of the Tianwu Army, and the Tianwu Emperor has always been hostile to the Qing Dynasty, and he is a capable person, and he is afraid that he will be a strong enemy in the future.

Several Korean and Japanese generals could not understand what these Manchurian masters were talking about, so they could only sit with their heads bowed and wait for orders.

Dolgon muttered, "Master Bao's worries are very reasonable, but it's a pity that those dirt buns don't want us to enter the customs......"

Dolgon wrote many letters to persuade Wu Sangui, Mao Yuanyi and other Liaodong generals to surrender, and the conditions offered were also very favorable, but they were still waiting, and Mao Yuanyi had even been in contact with the Shun army and was ready to accept Li Zicheng's surrender.

Bao Chengxian said: "At the same time that the minister suggested sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, my Qing soldiers took the opportunity to capture Shenyang, and then marched into the entire Liaodong, controlling all the Shanhaiguan in their hands and grasping the initiative!" ”

Dolgon nodded and said: "As long as Shenyang is captured, my Qing troops will go south, and I believe that the Wu Zu family will get acquainted." ”

His face suddenly became gloomy, and he said: "If they don't know what to do and are unwilling to surrender, they can only be completely killed, especially Mao Yuanyi, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, who completely annihilated my Manchuria with red flags back then, which is a shame for my Qing Dynasty, and this person must not stay!" ”

In the end, Dolgon followed Bao Chengxian's advice and attacked Shenyang with all his might, and he once again asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to go to Shenyang to persuade him to surrender once, if Hong Chengchou did not surrender again, he would have to break the city with all his might.

The Eight Banners Army besieged the city for more than two months and never took Shenyang, not because Hong Chengchou had a strong defense, but because Dolgon had a heart of love and talent, and he didn't do his best, after all, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others did not go to the rescue, and it was difficult for Hong Chengchou's soldiers to hold on.

Unlike most of the Manchu magnates, Dolgon was only interested in people, men and women, mainly skilled people.

In the Liaodong War a few years ago, Hong Chengchou insisted on holding the small Xiping Fort, and heard that he had been the governor of the Central Plains, Dolgon became interested in him and couldn't wait to see this person.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the Eight Banners Army, like ants and locusts, continued to climb the Shenyang city wall, and some Korean Eight Banners and Japanese Eight Banners shouting with exotic accents also desperately climbed the ladder.

The Hongyi cannon at the head of Shenyang City has long been exhausted and has become mute, and even the rolling wood, fire oil and other defensive equipment are pitiful, only a steady stream of gold juice is enough.

Dozens of ladders were concentrated at the north city wall, and the Korean soldiers and Japanese soldiers climbed the city wall by the ladders under the protection of the protective board, and soon the north city wall of Shenyang fell into a melee.

Suddenly, with a large number of flames, a raging fire suddenly ignited on the north city wall, and the Ming and Qing troops on the city wall were engulfed by fire snakes in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the raging fire that suddenly burned, Dolgon only felt that his lips were dry, he really didn't expect this Hong Chengchou to be so ruthless, he actually ignored the life and death of his own soldiers, and set fire to everyone to death.

"He's a ruthless man!"

Dolgon's love for Hong Chengchou became deeper and deeper, and he ordered: "Spread my military order, and those who capture Hong Chengchou alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels!" ”

With the reward of 1,000 taels of gold, not only the Han, Korea, and Japanese banners in the siege army were red-eyed, but even the armor soldiers of the Eight Banners were eager to charge into battle.

It's just that because of the military order, they have to stay behind them, after all, seven or eight out of ten of the infantry attacking the city are cannon fodder, and the vast majority of them died on the way to the city.

All the long ladders were carried out, and almost all of the Eight Banners army flocked to the north city wall, and the defenders of the north city wall of Shenyang did not expect that after the success of the fire plan, it actually provoked a more fierce attack by the Qing army.

The Qing army attacked the city wall in one go, which was far beyond Hong Chengchou's expectations, according to expectations, the Qing army should have been blocked and weakened after the sudden fire attack, but it backfired, and the Qing army broke out with a more powerful and unprecedented combat effectiveness.

In front of the city tower, Zuo Guangxian, the chief soldier of Shenyang, urged again: "Governor, I can't stand it anymore, let's break through quickly!" ”

A trace of despair flashed in Hong Chengchou's mind, but he quickly calmed down and made up his mind: "Pull out your Yanling knife and follow me to the city to kill the enemy!" ”

As he spoke, he drew his Yanling knife, and the wind under his feet made it to the city wall.

Zuo Guangxian's eyes were full of admiration, but the eyes of Yao Gong, the soldier beside him, were bitter, in his heart, they literati should be lupine scarves and strategize, but they were not like Hong Chengchou who carried a Yanling knife and fought in an embarrassed manner like a martial artist.